September is National Self-Improvement month here in the states. It’s also the month where the northern hemisphere has to say “Aloha” to summer.
I spent a lot of my summer working on self-improvement, from volunteer work to finally adding some credentials to my degree in the form of my insurance & annuities license to become a financial advisor with WFG.
My self-improvement continues this month with me returning to some routines abandoned over the summer (and years). Here’s the short list:
- drinking lots of water daily (want my glowing skin back)
- eating healthy (taking vitamins to fill in the gaps hasn’t been cutting it lately)
- exercising daily; it was the summer after all but follow Ms_ME on Fitocracy and I’ll follow back
- following my personal budget (busy making budgets for others necessitates that I’m actually following mine)
- and of course my blogging schedule
What will improvements will you make this month?
My friend Jessica said that when she gets stressed she works out, which is another great way to handle stress. Exercise releases feel good chemicals called endorphins. These endorphins are natural stress fighters. The hardest part sometimes is convincing yourself to get off the couch or stop the countless activities that may preoccupy you to actually exercise. But it’s definitely worth the effort if you want to relieve your stress. Share what you do to relieve stress. If you’re a Jacksonville, FL resident you may win a gift certificate for a massage at 
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